“Bitter laurel”
a synthesis of Epirotika music (traditional music from Epirus) with jazz

σύνθεση ηπειρωτική μουσική με τζάζ

“Amphitheater/Musicians and Music presents: Flirting with Contemporary Music- Mode Plagal” (introducing the video..) and from the youtube notes:

‘Mode Plagal is a group which using the technique of jazz has created a musiclal idiom which is set apart, with major references to traditional Greek music but also to Byzantine sounds, Balkan, African, funky, groovy, rock, blues rhythms and many other elements which exist in their music as influences.

Balancing on the edge of all of these elements with mastery and putting them together with their spontaneity and positive energy- a basic element of the mood of their work- they have managed to produce their own musical idiom and a sound which has by now become recognized.

Since 1990 when they first appeared as a figure through today, Mode Plagal has traced a steady ascension, working collectively as a group with an independent musical nature and position, earning the right to their characterization.’
(translation: Eva Johanos)